TPP 309: Anya Kamenetz on Her Book The Stolen Year and the Impact of COVID on Children

Published: Nov. 1, 2022, 9 a.m.

b"Author and reporter, Anya Kamenetz is back on the podcast to talk about her new book The Stolen Year: How Covid Changed Children\\u2019s Lives, And Where We Go Now. The Stolen Year is a powerful look at how the pandemic disrupted children\\u2019s lives \\u2014 their learning, mental health, and overall well-being. The Stolen Year isn\\u2019t written specifically for parents of differently wired children, but I thought it was important to really explore what the research and data shows the cost of the past two years has been for our most valuable resource \\u2013 our children, as well as consider the question \\u2013 where do we go from here?\\nDuring our conversation we talked about the trends on decreasing graduation rates, the impact of food scarcity on children and adolescents, and caregiver depression. We also talked about the kinds of resources families need to recover from the pandemic, especially within marginalized communities and more severely impacted populations, and much more.\\xa0\\nAnya Kamenetz has covered education for many years, including for NPR, where she also co-created the podcast Life Kit:Parenting in partnership with Sesame Workshop.\\nKamenetz is the author of several acclaimed nonfiction books: Generation Debt ; DIY U ; The Test: Why Our Schools Are Obsessed With Standardized Testing, But You Don\\u2019t Have To Be, and The Art of Screen Time: How Your Family Can Balance Digital Media and Real Life.\\nThings you'll learn from this episode\\n\\nWhat the long-lasting effects of COVID in children\\u2019s lives are according to Anya\\u2019s research\\n\\nWhere we should be focusing our energy \\u2014 our kids\\u2019 learning loss or their mental health and wellbeing\\n\\nThe trends on decreasing graduation rates and how that might play out in the next few years for young people\\n\\nWhether experts consider the pandemic to be an ACE (adverse childhood experience)\\n\\nThe impact of food scarcity on children during COVID\\n\\nWhat resources families need to recover from the pandemic, especially for marginalized communities\\n\\nResources mentioned for the impact of COVID on children\\n\\nAnya Kamenetz\\u2019s website\\n\\n\\nThe Stolen Year: How Covid Changed Children\\u2019s Lives, and Where We Go Now by Anya Kamenetz\\n\\nAnya Kamenetz Talks About Her Book, The Art of Screentime (Tilt Parenting podcast)\\n\\n\\nThe Art of Screen Time: How Your Family Can Balance Digital Media and Real Life by Anya Kamenetz\\n\\nSupport the showConnect with Tilt Parenting\\n Visit Tilt Parenting\\n Take the free 7-Day Challenge \\n Read a chapter of Differently Wired \\n Follow Tilt on Twitter & Instagram \\n \\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"